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1. Third Paradigm: Barbara Ehrenreich Interview

   In this fun and lively conversation, Tereza tells Barbara that Bright-Sided is a balm to her snarky soul.

   Tereza proposes a support group called Kranky Misanthropes Anonymous, but Barbara has a better group started - the Negateers. They discuss magical thinking in religion and business, ‘tit for tat’ in cancer fundraising, how the office has been outsourced to the home, and the danger of shooting the messenger.

   Tereza relates two stories of being fired for not being a "can-do girl," and asks whether all middle-managers have now become "can-do girls" in this musical chairs jobless market.

   Read the show transcript while listening, and view our images, videos, and links on the Third Paradigm website:

   http://thirdparadigm.org/3p_054.php#barbaraehrenreichinterview

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2. Third Paradigm: 3P-054 Clash of the Continents: Climate Debt

   Relates statistics about per capita carbon emissions to national debt burdens. Suggests that instead of charging "rich" countries a climate debt, we absolve all national debts - saving the global South 200 billion a year. Proposes a US plan for counties to keep 2% of their own income tax for every 2% the county lowers its carbon emissions. This would promote local sovereignty, defund the military, and lower emissions 20% by 2020, 40% by 2030, or even 80% by 2050.

   Reads the poems "Almost a Conversation" by Mary Oliver, and "The Seven of Pentacles" by Marge Piercy. Recommends that Evo Morales, Naomi Klein, Vendana Shiva, and Desmond Tutu read Barabara Ehrenreich, to understand why Americans aren’t rolling in the dough. Uses the case study of Firestone and Mittal Steel in Liberia to explain odious debt, vulture funds, and liability sheltering. From Clinton Callahan’s article, "Beware the Psychopath, My Son," extrapolates that corporations are, by definition, psychopaths as persons without conscience or culpability.

   Read the show transcript while listening, and view our images, videos, and links on the Third Paradigm website:

   http://3rdparadigm.org/3p_054.php

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